CHIMÉ PAKMÉ NYINGTIK DRUPCHEN IN ENGLISH - AT LERAB LING ONLY
The Heart Essence of the Sublime Lady of Immortality
Dates: from 8 to 17 May
Through the power and blessings of Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik, many masters and practitioners have been able to remove obstacles to their long life, so that they can enhance their accomplishments and continue to benefit beings.
The first Rigpa drupchen ever held, meaning our time to learn and train in all aspects of this practice, and the sixth time that an elaborate practice of Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik will be conducted entirely in English.
A great opportunity and adventure for everyone who wishes to be trained in this practice! To prepare a fertile ground, we will begin with one full day familiarizing ourselves with this ‘great accomplishment practice’ (drupchen) and also share inspiring teachings.
Participating in a Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik practice is the best and fastest way to become familiar with and deepen your practice of this profound sadhana which is one of the two main yidam practices of the Rigpa sangha.
Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche explains that the main reason for doing this White Tara practice is to spread the teachings of the Buddha far and wide and to promote the well-being and happiness of all sentient beings, and also so that the practitioners may be free from illness, live long lives and quickly attain enlightenment.
Holding annual drupchös and drupchens in Lerab Ling was very much initiated by Sogyal Rinpoche, and the Lerab Ling practice team does its utmost to continue this annual tradition of group Vajrayana practice for the benefit of the whole sangha and all beings.
It is said that several days participating in a drupchö or drupchen can yield the same results as years of solitary retreat, and great contemporary masters such as Kyabjé Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche have made a point of encouraging and reviving the practice of drupchen, because of its power of transformation.
WHO THIS EVENT IS FOR?
Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik is recommended for established Ngöndro students and Dzogchen Mandala students who have already received a Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik empowerment and wish to become familiar with and/or deepen the practice of sadhana.
WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS TO JOIN?
Drupchens are most suited for students who:
Have a firm grounding in the practice of ngöndro, which includes having received all the ngöndro teachings, up to and including guru yoga,
Have started their ngöndro accumulations;
Have already received some instructions for sadhana practice, including a basic understanding of the key principles of the Vajrayana. This means you have either followed:
Rigpa's study and practice programme of the Vajrayana cycle from the Three-year retreat, Home Retreat or Vajrayana online retreats streamed from Lerab Ling,
Or you received these instructions during previous drupchens with Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche,
Or you are a student from a sangha other than Rigpa and have received these instructions from a qualified Vajrayana teacher.
To participate in this drupchen, a Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik empowerment is absolutely required. The empowerment has recently been given by Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche, in Lerab Ling, in 2023 and 2024.
PREPARING YOURSELF FOR THIS EVENT
You can support your practice by studying the Kyerim and Tendrel Nyesel sections of A Guide to Vajrayana Practice for the Rigpa Sangha which is available at ZAM. This will help make your participation as meaningful as possible.
Further study recommendations are shared on Rigpa’s Study & Practice page for Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik.
Which texts to bring:
The provisional Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik practice text arranged for chanting in English and any additional texts, are still being updated and will be made available closer to the time on this page, and also via the registration email.
Additional Practice Text Booklet for Drupchen (ATB version 2017) order or download the English text from ZAM: order hardcopydownload
Holding Rigpa's first "homegrown" drupchen requires a group of committed individuals working together. It provides an opportunity for training in roles and areas such as Lopön, Umdzé, Chöpön, shrine, ritual, music, liturgies, mudra, and much more.
There will be a training period (1-20 May) conducted by Rigpa Senior Practice Holders, including Karma Cheda, an experienced Lopön who received extensive training at Chökling Monastery in Bir, India, along with our head Chöpön, Tobias Bublat.
We expect to receive project funding from the Light of Dharma Grant to enable Practice Holders, Teachers and other committed experienced practitioners to join the training.
Please contact us by email before January 31st at Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser. if you wish to be part of the training (a Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik empowerment is required).
REGISTRATION
Although it is mandatory to register to attend the drupchen, there is no fixed contribution to be paid. For two reasons: religious ceremonies don’t have a price put on it; and rather than seeking to cover the costs by asking each one a very high participation fee, we appeal to the generosity of all those who wish to contribute to make this event possible. Since the costs are very high (travel, practice holder training, food and accommodation, tsok offerings, and all the equipment and ingredients necessary for the preparation of the ceremonies), we will need the financial support of the greatest number.
We suggest an individual offer of 21 euros per day, which may be lower or higher, depending on the means of each.
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> PRACTICAL INFO
START Friday 8 May – 9am END Sunday 17 May – 7pm
CHECK-IN AND PICK-UP BADGES Thursday 7 May: 2pm to 6pm Friday 8 May: during lunch time In case of late arrival, after 6pm on Wednesday, please contact Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser.
CONTRIBUTION to the event - on donation basis (suggested donation of 21€/day) (Does not include accommodation, meals or offerings)
LANGUAGES Teachings: English There is no translation for this event
This event is held and presided by Lerab Ling’s team of Senior Practice Holders, with the help of the whole Practice and Chopön team.
PROVISIONAL SCHEDULE
Since we are holding this first Rigpa Drupchen ourselves, it is good to regard this time as a training, and know that we will include many unfamiliar aspects:
Fri 8 May: Orientation day starting at 9am — Please do not even consider skipping this day, otherwise you may not reap the full benefit of this drupchen and spend most of your time completely lost shuffling the pages of your practice book… — To prepare a fertile ground, we will begin with one full day familiarizing ourselves with this ‘great accomplishment practice’ (drupchen) and also share inspiring teachings.
Sat 9 May: Preliminary day, starting at 8am with Sang practice
Mon 11 May: Anniversary of Khandro Tsering Chödrön
Sun 10 - Sat 16 May: 7 full days of main drupchen practice starting at 6am, and including night sessions, and mantra rota
Participating in a Rigdzin Düpa practice intensive—drupchö—during the Tibetan New Year (Losar) period is the best and fastest way to become familiar with and deepen your practice of this profound sadhana!
All practice sessions will be held and guided by Rigpa Senior Practice Holders and short evocative teachings will be shared to inspire our practice.
Rigdzin Düpa is a sadhana that focuses on the root of all blessings: Guru Rinpoche. It is one of the most important and profound practices of the Longchen Nyingtik tradition that we follow in Rigpa and has the power to awaken, in our experience, the view of the natural state of Dzogpachenpo—the nature of mind. It is also considered to be a profound long-life practice.
The Tibetan New Year (Losar) period is traditionally a very important time for practice in all Tibetan Monasteries. Holding annual drupchös during this period in Lerab Ling was very much initiated by Sogyal Rinpoche, and the Lerab Ling practice team does its utmost to continue this annual tradition of group Vajrayana practice for the benefit of the whole sangha and all beings.
It is said that several days participating in a drupchö or drupchen can yield the same results as years of solitary retreat, and great contemporary masters such as Kyabjé Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche have made a point of encouraging and reviving the practice of drupchen, because of its power of transformation.
WHO THIS EVENT IS FOR
Since a Rigdzin Düpa drupchö is a way for all of us to deepen our practice of guru yoga, it is recommended for established Ngöndro students and Dzogchen Mandala students who have already received a Rigdzin Düpa or Guru Rinpoche empowerment.
WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS TO JOIN?
Drupchös are most suited for students that:
Have a firm grounding in the practice of ngöndro, which includes having received all the ngöndro teachings, up to and including guru yoga,
Have started their ngöndro accumulations;
Have already received some instructions for sadhana practice, including a basic understanding of the key principles of the Vajrayana. This means you have either followed:
Rigpa's study and practice programme of the Vajrayana cycle from the Three-year retreat, Home Retreat or Vajrayana online retreats streamed from Lerab Ling,
Or you received these instructions during previous drupchens with Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche,
Or you are a student from a sangha other than Rigpa and have received these instructions from a qualified Vajrayana teacher.
To participate in this drupchö, a Rigdzin Düpa or a Guru Rinpoche empowerment is absolutely required.
PREPARING YOURSELF FOR THIS EVENT
You can support your practice by studying the Kyerim section of A Guide to Vajrayana Practice for the Rigpa Sangha which is available at ZAM. This will help make your participation as meaningful as possible.
If you have a Rigdzin Düpa empowerment, you could study the commentaries found in this publication: Jigme Lingpa, Patrul Rinpoche, Khenpo Chemchok, and Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, The Gathering of Vidyadharas: Text and Commentaries on the Rigdzin Düpa, Translated by Gyurme Avertin (Boulder: Snow Lion, 2017).
Which texts to bring:
Draft of the new practice book (that we will use in the drupchö): get it here on donation basis
Please register 36 hours before the event at the latest
> PRACTICAL INFO
START Friday 30 January – 8am ENDSunday 1 February – 8pm
CHECK-IN AND PICK-UP BADGES Thursday 29 January: 2pm to 6pm Friday 30 February: 12pm to 2pm In case of late arrival, after 6pm on Thursday, please contact Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser.
CONTRIBUTION to the event - on donation basis (suggested donation of 21€/day) (Does not include accommodation, meals or offerings)
LANGUAGES Teachings: English There is no translation for this event
Practising Riwo Sangchö—a ritual of offering incense smoke—and reciting lungta prayers intently, right after the Tibetan New Year (Losar) is of immense benefit for our spiritual path.
As we enter the New Year, this practice based on Guru Rinpoche, is an opportunity to gather the accumulations of merit and wisdom, purify our obscurations, and, in particular, pacify any obstacles and factors that prevent the accomplishment of the Dharma and awakening in the present lifetime.
Moreover, through the practices of lungta (windhorse), we raise our inner subtle wind-energies, increase our life-span, merit and prosperity, and create the best circumstances for good health, peace and happiness in our lives. The ultimate point of such practice is to awaken the clarity aspect of our minds, to bring us into closer contact with our own rigpa.
The powerful practice of Sollo Chenmo—a practice of invocation and offering to Gesar—will also be recited once a day.
In brief, there is no better way to enter into the New Year auspiciously!
All practice sessions will be held and guided by Rigpa Senior Practice Holders and each year a new collection of short evocative teachings are shared to inspire our practice.
The Tibetan New Year (Losar) period is traditionally a very important time for practice in all Tibetan Monasteries. Holding annual practice intensives and drupchös during this period in Lerab Ling was very much initiated by Sogyal Rinpoche, and the Lerab Ling practice team does its utmost to continue this annual tradition of group Vajrayana practice for the benefit of the whole sangha and all beings.
In particular, during the first month of the Tibetan calendar (this year 18 Feb.-18 Mar.), the Holy month of Bumjur Dawa, the effects of positive actions is said to be multiplied 100,000 times. Therefore practice is emphasized during this period.
WHO THIS EVENT IS FOR
The Riwo Sangchö intensive is recommended for Ngöndro students and Dzogchen Mandala students who have already received a Guru Rinpoche empowerment. It is a great opportunity for those new to the practice or those already familiar to deeply connect with and accomplish one of Rigpa’s daily sadhana practices.
WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS TO JOIN?
This practice intensive is most suited for students that:
Have a firm grounding in the practice of ngöndro, which includes having received all the ngöndro teachings, up to and including guru yoga,
Have started their ngöndro accumulations;
Have already received some instructions for sadhana practice, including a basic understanding of the key principles of the Vajrayana. This means you have either followed:
Rigpa's study and practice programme of the Vajrayana cycle from the Three-year retreat, Home Retreat or Vajrayana online retreats streamed from Lerab Ling,
Or you received these instructions during previous drupchens with Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche,
Or you are a student from a sangha other than Rigpa and have received these instructions from a qualified Vajrayana teacher.
To participate in this practice intensive, a Guru Rinpoche empowerment (for example: Tendrel Nyesel, Rigdzin Düpa, Lama Norlha, Könchok Chidü…) is absolutely required.
PREPARING YOURSELF FOR THIS EVENT
You can support your practice by studying the Riwo Sangchö section of A Guide to Vajrayana Practice for the Rigpa Sangha which is available at ZAM. This will help make your participation as meaningful as possible.
Please register 36 hours before the event at the latest
> PRACTICAL INFO
START Saturday 21 February – 8am END Monday 23 February – 7pm
CHECK-IN AND PICK-UP BADGES Friday 20 February: 2pm to 6pm Saturday 21 February : 12pm to 2pm In case of late arrival, after 6pm on Friday, please contact Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser.
CONTRIBUTION to the event - on donation basis (suggested donation of 21€/day) (Does not include accommodation, meals or offerings)
LANGUAGES Teachings: English There is no translation for this event
Tendrel Nyesel is famed as a practice dedicated specifically to averting the inauspiciousness of the times and is said to be one of the most powerful practices for bringing peace and stability in the world. The Rigpa community is one of very few sanghas who uphold the lineage of this practice. We hold a special responsibility to keep the lineage of this practice alive!
Participating in a Tendrel Nyesel practice intensive—drupchö—during the Tibetan New Year (Losar) period, is the best and fastest way to become familiar with or deepen your practice of this profound sadhana!
With global events hanging in the balance, this powerful practice is considered by many lamas to be particularly timely and of very great significance. Through seven days of intensive practice together, we can direct the power of this practice to the current world situation, for the success of all Rigpa’s projects and for the many individual prayer requests offered during this drupchö.
The empowerment of Tendrel Nyesel was recently given by Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche in Lerab Ling (November 2024) and Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche (December 2025). This enables those who received the empowerment to fully participate in the practice.
All practice sessions will be held and guided by Rigpa Senior Practice Holders and each year an updated collection of short evocative teachings are shared to inspire our practice.
Highlights will include
Thursday 26 February: Guru Rinpoche day & Tertön Sogyal's anniversary
Tuesday 3 March: Chotrul Düchen (one of the four major annual Buddhist festivals which occurs on the 15th day of the first month of the Tibetan calendar. The first fifteen days of the year celebrate the fifteen days on which, in order to increase the merit and the devotion of future disciples, Buddha displayed a different miracle.)
Wednesday 4 March: Siddhis day
Thursday 5 March: Jinsek (Fire Ceremony)
The Tibetan New Year (Losar) period is traditionally a very important time for practice in all Tibetan Monasteries. Holding annual drupchös during this period in Lerab Ling was very much initiated by Sogyal Rinpoche, and the Lerab Ling practice team does its utmost to continue this annual tradition of group Vajrayana practice for the benefit of the whole sangha and all beings.
In particular, during the first month of the Tibetan calendar (this year 18 February-18 March), the Holy month of Bumjur Dawa, the effects of positive actions are said to be multiplied 100,000 times. Therefore practice is emphasized during this period.
It is said that several days participating in a drupchö or drupchen can yield the same results as years of solitary retreat, and great contemporary masters such as Kyabjé Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche have made a point of encouraging and reviving the practice of drupchen, because of its power of transformation.
WHO THIS EVENT IS FOR?
The Tendrel Nyesel drupchö is recommended for established Ngöndro students and Dzogchen Mandala students who have already received a Tendrel Nyesel or Guru Rinpoche empowerment.
WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS TO JOIN?
Drupchös are most suited for students who:
Have a firm grounding in the practice of ngöndro, which includes having received all the ngöndro teachings, up to and including guru yoga,
Have started their ngöndro accumulations;
Have already received some instructions for sadhana practice, including a basic understanding of the key principles of the Vajrayana. This means you have either followed:
Rigpa's study and practice programme of the Vajrayana cycle from the Three-year retreat, Home Retreat or Vajrayana online retreats streamed from Lerab Ling,
Or you received these instructions during previous drupchens with Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche,
Or you are a student from a sangha other than Rigpa and have received these instructions from a qualified Vajrayana teacher.
To participate in this drupchö, a Tendrel Nyesel or a Guru Rinpoche empowerment is absolutely required.
PREPARING YOURSELF FOR THIS EVENT
You can support your practice by studying the Kyerim and Tendrel Nyesel sections of A Guide to Vajrayana Practice for the Rigpa Sangha which is available at ZAM. This will help make your participation as meaningful as possible.
START Thursday 26 February – 8am END Thursday 5 March – 6pm
CHECK-IN AND PICK-UP BADGES Wednesday 25 February: 2pm to 6pm Thursday 26 February: during lunch time In case of late arrival, after 6pm on Wednesday, please contact Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser.
CONTRIBUTION to the event - on donation basis (suggested donation of 21€/day) (Does not include accommodation, meals or offerings)
LANGUAGES Teachings: English There is no translation for this event
This event is held and presided by Lerab Ling’s team of Senior Practice Holders, with the help of the whole Practice and Chopön team.
PROVISIONAL SCHEDULE
Please note that on Day 1 for Terton Sogyal’s Anniversary the schedule will be completely different, still starting at 8am, but also including Yang Nying Pudri, another terma revelation of Terton Sogyal, and possibly an evening streaming for the sangha.
Daily Schedule 08.00 – 10.00 Medium Tendrel Nyesel session 1 short break 10.30 – 12.30 Medium Tendrel Nyesel session 2 lunch break 14.30 – 16.15 Riwo Sangchö, Brief Tendrel Nyesel session 3, Additional Practices, Extended Dharmapalas short break 17.00 – 18.45 Narak Kong Shak, Medium Tendrel Nyesel Tsok & Conclusion
Please note that on the second last day - for the Drupchö siddhis the schedule will be different, and might start earlier in the morning. On the 5th March we will conclude this drupchö with a Jinsek (fire ceremony).
This annual Yang Nying Pudri practice intensive—drupchö—is particularly aimed at removing all obstacles and negativity of the concluding year, to enter into the Tibetan new year (Losar) in the most auspicious and positive way.
Vajrakilaya, the central figure of this practice, embodies the enlightened activity of all the buddhas, and manifests in an extremely wrathful form to subjugate the obstacles to spiritual development and peace in the world.
This year we will begin with one full day of teachings一unpacking Yang Nying Pudri一to prepare a fertile ground for the practice.
All sessions will be held and guided by Rigpa Senior Practice Holders and the practice comes alive with carefully selected, short evocative teachings that are shared during the practice. Participating in this drupchö is an excellent way to become familiar with and deepen your practice of the Yang Nying Pudri sadhana.
It is said that several days participating in a drupchö or drupchen can yield the same results as years of solitary retreat, and great contemporary masters such as Kyabjé Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche have made a point of encouraging and reviving the practice of drupchen, because of its power of transformation.
The Tibetan New Year (Losar) period is traditionally a very important time for practice in all Tibetan Monasteries. Holding annual drupchös during this period in Lerab Ling was very much initiated by Sogyal Rinpoche, and the Lerab Ling practice team does its utmost to continue this annual tradition of group Vajrayana practice for the benefit of the whole sangha and all beings.
WHO THIS EVENT IS FOR
Yang Nying Pudri Drupchö is recommended for established Ngöndro students and Dzogchen Mandala students who have already received a Vajrakilaya empowerment and wish to become familiar with and/or deepen the practice of sadhana.
WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS TO JOIN?
Drupchös are most suited for students that:
Have a firm grounding in the practice of ngöndro, which includes having received all the ngöndro teachings, up to and including guru yoga,
Have started their ngöndro accumulations;
Have already received some instructions for sadhana practice, including a basic understanding of the key principles of the Vajrayana. This means you have either followed:
Rigpa's study and practice programme of the Vajrayana cycle from the Three-year retreat, Home Retreat or Vajrayana online retreats streamed from Lerab Ling,
Or you received these instructions during previous drupchens with Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche,
Or you are a student from a sangha other than Rigpa and have received these instructions from a qualified Vajrayana teacher.
To participate in this drupchö, a Yang Nying Pudri or other Vajrakilaya empowerment is absolutely required.
PREPARING YOURSELF FOR THIS EVENT
You can support your practice by studying the Kyerim and Vajrakilaya sections of A Guide to Vajrayana Practice for the Rigpa Sangha which is available at ZAM. This will help make your participation as meaningful as possible.
Please register 36 hours before the event at the latest
> PRACTICAL INFO
START Tuesday 10 February – 8am END Tuesday 17 February – 6pm
CHECK-IN AND PICK-UP BADGES Monday 9 February: 2pm to 6pm Tuesday 10 February: 12pm to 2pm In case of late arrival, after 6PM on Monday, please contact Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser.
CONTRIBUTION to the event - on donation basis (suggested donation of 21€/day) (Does not include accommodation, meals or offerings)
LANGUAGES Teachings: English There is no translation for this event
This event is held and presided by Lerab Ling’s team of Senior Practice Holders, with the help of the whole Practice and Chöpön team.
PROVISIONAL SCHEDULE
08.00 – 08.30 Riwo Sangchö 08.30 – 10.45 Yang Nying Pudri session 1 short break 11.15 – 12.30 Yang Nying Pudri session 2 lunch break 14.30 – 18.45 appr. (including break) Tendrel Nyesel, Additional Practices, Dharmapalas, Narak Kong Shak, Yang Nying Pudri & Tendrel Nyesel Tsok & Conclusion
Please note that on Gutor the practice will be much longer in the evening and on the last day for the Drupchö siddhis the schedule will be different, and will start earlier in the morning.
L'équipe des retraites de pratique de Lérab Ling organise une retraite de Nyenpa d'un mois sur la pratique du Lama du Rigdzin Düpa dans l'espace sacré du temple du Nirmanakaya, où se trouve le stoupa intérieur de Sogyal Rinpoché.
Le Rigdzin Düpa, « Le rassemblement des Vidyadharas » est la pratique intérieure du Lama du Longchen Nyingtik, la révélation terma de Jikmé Lingpa.
QUI PEUT S'INSCRIRE ?
Cette retraite s'adresse aux étudiants du Ngöndro et du mandala Dzogchen qui ont déjà terminé leurs accumulations du ngöndro du Longchen Nyingtik.
reçu une transmission de pouvoir du Rigdzin Düpa, et
étudié les enseignements sur le Rigdzin Düpa.
LANGUE, INFORMATIONS COMPLÉTES ET INSCRIPTIONS
La communication et les instructions se feront uniquement en anglais. Pour les informations complètes et inscriptions, voir la page en anglais.
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To participate in this drupchen, a Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik empowerment is absolutely required. The empowerment has recently been given by Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche, in Lerab Ling, in 2023 and 2024.
